Author: Carma Henry

     The goal of the summit is to educate, empower and engage people in our community who are simply unsure of answers to some critical financial questions about their own financial house. This summit will provide them with a platform to ask and get answers to those questions first by providing knowledgeable speakers to share their expertise.

     “This is the largest class of inductees at FAMU, and definitely the largest group of graduate members,” said Veronica Yon, Ph.D., chapter adviser and national president.

      When President Joe Biden directed federal agencies to increase contracting spending with small, disadvantaged businesses by 50 percent over the next five years, Bibi Hidalgo, the associate administrator of Small Business Administration’s Office of Government Contracting and Business Development, pledged that her office would take steps to ensure that agencies make the President’s contracting goals a reality.

     And third, he pictures all the others at TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital who have traumatic brain injuries, like him, many of whom are still struggling to walk or build up the strength for even the smallest task.

Meet the man who left the NFL to become a train conductor, Black Enterprise reports.

Albert was a standout in football. He was an outstanding wide-receiver for the Mays Rams. He led his team to numerous titles including Big 9 Conference champs and the Class 2A State Champions, the only state football title in school history. A member of the undefeated 1966 State Championship team, Albert was an end who was named First Team All-State and also received All City and County 1966 football conference honors.

     In early 1945 as the Battle of the Bulge concluded Army officials reported that a lack mail was hurting morale. Warehouses were filled with millions of pieces of mail destined for the seven million Americans serving in the European theatre. The task of getting that mail to its intended recipients fell on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.

     The group received the award for Best Paper that featured a path for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) student success. The conference is a strategic initiative taken by the Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) at the University of Oklahoma.

The legislation would clear $57 billion of that amount and save the agency another $50 billion over the next decade.

     The Black Star Network, the only Black owned broadcast network with a daily digital show in the world, is announcing several new shows that will all be up and running in February.